I was so surprised the other day to wander down the grocery aisle at London Drugs and see so many gluten free products! why is this so exciting? for starters, London Drugs is on average cheaper than other grocery stores such as Whole Foods or Choices Markets, and there are several locations across western Canada, so chances are you are probably never very far from a store. the range of gluten free products available include crackers, cereal, breakfast bars, snack bars, chocolate, chips and rice cakes! my excitement continued when andrea and I discovered a new gluten free and dairy free bread crisp and biscotti called Kez’s. we had never heard of Kez’s before, and fell in love with these tasty crackers and cookies as soon as we tried them! Kez’s Gluten and Dairy Free is made by an Australian company, and so far we have only seen them at London Drugs and Choices Markets locally in Vancouver. Kez’s Gluten and Dairy free bread crisps come in three flavors: almond, chocolate coconut, and olive oil & rosemary, and the biscotti comes in a cranberry flavor.
here is a full list of specifically gluten free products and flavors available at London Drugs:
1. cereal
- Glutino (apple and cinnamon, honey nut)
- Natures Path (organic whole O’s 325g, organic mesa sunrise 300g, organic crunchy maple sunrise 300g, crunchy vanilla sunrise 300g, organic crispy rice 750g)
- Enjoy Life (perky’s crunch flax, perky’s crunchy rice)
- Bakery on Main Gluten Free Granola 340g (apple raisin walnut, extreme nut and fruit, nutty cranberry maple)
2. breakfast bars:
- Glutino (apple, blueberry)
3. rice cakes:
- Earths Choice (brown rice salted, organic sesame salted)
4. crackers:
- Kez’s Gluten and Dairy Free Bread Crisps (almond bread, chocolate coconut, olive oil and rosemary)
- Kez’s Gluten and Dairy Free Biscotti (cranberry)
- Glutino Crackers (original, cheddar, vegetable)
- Marys Gone Crackers (original, caraway, herb, black pepper, onion)
- Blue Diamond Nut Thins (almond, cheddar cheese, country ranch, pecan)
- Hotkid Rice Crisps (natural, cheese, wasabi)
- Sakata Rice Crackers (plain, cheese, roasted tomato and balsamic, salsa, seaweed, sour cream and onion)
- Superslim Brown Rice Crisps (original, sesame, black sesame, garden vegetable)
- Suzie’s Whole Grain Thin Cakes (brown rice – salted or unsalted) *note that the multigrain and spelt and flax seed are not gluten free
5. cookies
- Mary's Gone Crackers Ginger Snaps
- Enjoy Life cookies (chewy chocolate chip, gingerbread spice, snickedoodle, lively lemon)
- Kez's Gluten and Dairy Free Florentine Biscuits, Almond Toffee Biscuits, and Melting Moments Biscuits)
- Landers (pure shortbread, macadamia)
- Mi-Del Ginger Snaps
6. snack bars:
- Enjoy Life Snack Bars (caramel apple, cocoa loco, very berry)
- Taste of Nature (chilean blueberry, caribbean ginger island, himalayan goji summit)
7. chips:
- Kettle Chips (all flavors)
- Riceworks Brown Rice Chips (salsa fresca, sea salt, sweet chilli)
8. chocolate:
- Glutino (milk chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate peanut butter)
- Enjoy Life chocolate chips
9. soup:
- Pacific Foods Organic soup (creamy tomato, creamy butternut squash, roasted red pepper and tomato, and vegetable broth)
we'd love to hear your feedback on shopping gluten free at London Drugs, and what you think of Kez's products. Robyn.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE that I can pop into London Drugs and grab a gluten-free snack! I also love that they often put the Nature's Path cereal's on sale!!
Kez products are oh-so-tasty, but people should be forewarned, they are a little pricy for a small pack with only a few delicious treats.
Personally, I dislike the Enjoy Life pre-made products, except the chocolate chips, which I recently found at my LD for much cheaper than a health store...that being said I LOVE that LD offers variety and I know lots of people love them.
Also wanted to point out that LD carries Sahale Snacks nut mixes which are delicious and gluten-free (though I don't believe they are certified gluten-free).
Sorry for the rambling comment
Amber :)
So, I love that you've noticed about the gluten-free products at LD. I was just as surprised a few months ago when I saw that their GF products were on SALE (gasp!)in the flyer.
They weren't even trying to clear them out or anything! They've gone on sale a few times since then, so watch your mailboxes!
London Drugs also carries GF cookies (I think Mi-Del) so if you have a hankering for some ginger snaps, they're down the cracker aisle.
thanks for your comments amber and ksquared! i also love that the gluten free products are often on sale at LD (gasp is right!). even kez's were on sale recently and were about $2.00 off!
thanks for reading our blog,
robyn
which london drugs did you find the kez products in? My sister got some from surrey,seems its all sold out at those locations....couldnt find it in most of the vancouver location...Is their a paticular LD which had it stocked..if possible give location..thanks!
HI Anonymous, Thanks for your comment. I have seen them at the London Drugs in Woodward's downtown, and also Choices carries them (at least they used to).
By the way, we don't monitor this blog address anymore, as we have migrated to a website at the following address:
http://www.glutenfree-vancouver.com
Thanks,
Andrea & Robyn
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